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Looking Back: A Hung Jury

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|Date: July 18, 2021
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Looking Back: A Hung Jury

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

July 18, 2021
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Criminal Justice Advocates Plead for President Biden to Abolish Death Penalty

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|Date: July 13, 2021
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Criminal Justice Advocates Plead for President Biden to Abolish Death Penalty

By John Arceno WASHINGTON, DC — Opposing President Joe Biden’s stance surrounding the death penalty, his ...

By John Arceno WASHINGTON, DC — Opposing President Joe Biden’s stance surrounding the death penalty, his justice department recently endorsed the execution of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his older brother f ...

July 13, 2021
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Looking Back: When the U.S. Supreme Court Stripped Nearly Executed Exoneree of Compensation

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|Date: July 04, 2021
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Looking Back: When the U.S. Supreme Court Stripped Nearly Executed Exoneree of Compensation

Court in Thompson Case Condoned Prosecutorial Misconduct By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature ...

Court in Thompson Case Condoned Prosecutorial Misconduct By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, ...

July 04, 2021
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Formerly Incarcerated Awarded for Giving Back and Turning Their Lives Around – Part III

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|Date: June 30, 2021
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Formerly Incarcerated Awarded for Giving Back and Turning Their Lives Around – Part III

By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA - The stories of formerly incarcerated people—some wrongly convicted ...

By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA - The stories of formerly incarcerated people—some wrongly convicted and others turning their lives around after getting caught up in the system—were on full displ ...

June 30, 2021
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Formerly Incarcerated Awarded for Giving Back and Turning Their Lives Around – Part II

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|Date: June 29, 2021
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Formerly Incarcerated Awarded for Giving Back and Turning Their Lives Around – Part II

By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA - The stories of formerly incarcerated people, some wrongly convicte ...

By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA - The stories of formerly incarcerated people, some wrongly convicted and others turning their lives around after getting caught up in the system, were on full dis ...

June 29, 2021
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110 Suffolk County Convictions Reversed After Mistakes at Corrupted Crime Laboratory – Tens of Thousands of Other Cases Also Tossed

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|Date: June 29, 2021
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110 Suffolk County Convictions Reversed After Mistakes at Corrupted Crime Laboratory – Tens of Thousands of Other Cases Also Tossed

By Jose Medina and Benjamin Momtahan BOSTON – Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins was permit ...

By Jose Medina and Benjamin Momtahan BOSTON – Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins was permitted by the Supreme Judicial Court to vacate last week another 100 drug convictions linked to ch ...

June 29, 2021
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Formerly Incarcerated Awarded for Giving Back and Turning Their Lives Around – Part 1

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|Date: June 28, 2021
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Formerly Incarcerated Awarded for Giving Back and Turning Their Lives Around – Part 1

By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA - The stories of formerly incarcerated people—some wrongly convicted ...

By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA - The stories of formerly incarcerated people—some wrongly convicted and others turning their lives around after getting caught up in the system—were on full displ ...

June 28, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 113: Chicago Torture Victims and Death Row Survivors Bear Witness

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|Date: June 28, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 113: Chicago Torture Victims and Death Row Survivors Bear Witness

Earlier this season on Everyday Injustice, we spoke with Flint Taylor who highlighted his years of fighti ...

Earlier this season on Everyday Injustice, we spoke with Flint Taylor who highlighted his years of fighting to expose the Chicago Torture Scandal. We also spoke with former Illinois Governor George R ...

June 28, 2021
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Looking Back: ‘Zero Percent,’ A Documentary About Hudson Link Wins Silver Heart Award

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|Date: June 27, 2021
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Looking Back: ‘Zero Percent,’ A Documentary About Hudson Link Wins Silver Heart Award

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

June 27, 2021
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Looking Back: Habeas Corpus – Now More Than Ever

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|Date: June 20, 2021
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Looking Back: Habeas Corpus – Now More Than Ever

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

June 20, 2021
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U.S. Assigns $2.9 Billion in Compensation to Exonerees – Number of Collective Years Served by Wrongfully Accused Reaches 25,000 Years.

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|Date: June 18, 2021
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U.S. Assigns $2.9 Billion in Compensation to Exonerees – Number of Collective Years Served by Wrongfully Accused Reaches 25,000 Years.

By Sydney Kaplan and Koda Slingluff "Freedom" is a word that, for many, is closely tied with the United S ...

By Sydney Kaplan and Koda Slingluff "Freedom" is a word that, for many, is closely tied with the United States. But for others, the United States’ justice system is precisely what stripped that freedo ...

June 18, 2021
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New Forensic Evidence, Suppressed Evidence Exonerates Chester Hollman – Wrongfully Convicted for 28 Years

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|Date: June 18, 2021
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New Forensic Evidence, Suppressed Evidence Exonerates Chester Hollman – Wrongfully Convicted for 28 Years

(Editor’s note: The Philadelphia DA’s Office released the first of what will be regular reports on the wo ...

(Editor’s note: The Philadelphia DA’s Office released the first of what will be regular reports on the work of the CIU, which in fewer than four years has helped secure the exonerations of 20 people i ...

June 18, 2021
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Walter Ogrod, Death Row Inmate, Exonerated after 28 Years

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|Date: June 17, 2021
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Walter Ogrod, Death Row Inmate, Exonerated after 28 Years

By Peter Eibert and Ankita Joshi (Editor’s note: The Philadelphia DA’s Office released the first of what ...

By Peter Eibert and Ankita Joshi (Editor’s note: The Philadelphia DA’s Office released the first of what will be regular reports on the work of the CIU, which in fewer than four years has helped secur ...

June 17, 2021
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Krasner’s Office Releases Report on More than 20 People Exonerated During His First Term in Office

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|Date: June 16, 2021
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Krasner’s Office Releases Report on More than 20 People Exonerated During His First Term in Office

By David M. Greenwald Philadelphia – Calling the work of the Philadephia DA’s Conviction Integrity Unit “ ...

By David M. Greenwald Philadelphia – Calling the work of the Philadephia DA’s Conviction Integrity Unit “historic” and an “incredible achievement, especially compared to what happened in prior adminis ...

June 16, 2021
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Looking Back: When Shaky Eyewitness Testimony Trumps Alibi Witness Testimony

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|Date: June 13, 2021
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Looking Back: When Shaky Eyewitness Testimony Trumps Alibi Witness Testimony

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

June 13, 2021
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Looking Back: When Shaky Eyewitness Testimony Trumps Alibi Witness Testimony

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|Date: June 06, 2021
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Looking Back: When Shaky Eyewitness Testimony Trumps Alibi Witness Testimony

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

June 06, 2021
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Commentary: We Talk about Qualified Immunity, How about Police Accountability for False Confessions and False Testimony?

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|Date: June 02, 2021
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Commentary: We Talk about Qualified Immunity, How about Police Accountability for False Confessions and False Testimony?

By David M. Greenwald A recent focus in police reform has zeroed in on qualified immunity. This is an im ...

By David M. Greenwald A recent focus in police reform has zeroed in on qualified immunity. This is an important focus because qualified immunity helps to protect not only law enforcement officers, bu ...

June 02, 2021
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Looking Back: Harmless Error – Is It Ever Really Harmless?

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|Date: May 30, 2021
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Looking Back: Harmless Error – Is It Ever Really Harmless?

by Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

by Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

May 30, 2021
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Guest Commentary: What Larry Krasner’s Primary Win Means for Criminal Legal Reform – and How He Can Go Further

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|Date: May 29, 2021
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Guest Commentary: What Larry Krasner’s Primary Win Means for Criminal Legal Reform – and How He Can Go Further

Krasner has tackled some of the great injustices that his predecessors carried out. He also has more work ...

Krasner has tackled some of the great injustices that his predecessors carried out. He also has more work to do to effectively improve the criminal legal system in Philadelphia. By Reggie Shuford The ...

May 29, 2021
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Looking Back: Recent Rash of Exonerations Only the Surface – Many More Remain Wrongfully Imprisoned

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|Date: May 23, 2021
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Looking Back: Recent Rash of Exonerations Only the Surface – Many More Remain Wrongfully Imprisoned

By Jeffrey Deskovic Editor’s note: (This column was originally published in 2014). "Looking back" will fe ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic Editor’s note: (This column was originally published in 2014). "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guar ...

May 23, 2021
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